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Charulatha Banerjee's avatar

I came to this piece of absolutely brilliant writing very late but everything it says remains very relevant and make for an excellent thought provoking read. Do you now have an opinion on the Docuseries? Brijnath's pieces I access now only through an occasional piece in Mint Lounge but with your sports writing that missing is more than made up for. Just so enjoy it.

Sarthak Dev's avatar

Thank you so much! :)

I haven't watched the series yet. Maybe soon, as a pre-game before the US Open haha.

Parves Shahid's avatar

Dang. Tremendous writing on this one.

Sarthak Dev's avatar

Thank you so much!

Abhishek Shetty's avatar

Loved this piece. Thanks for the recommendations. Alcaraz is so special. Hope to watch him live someday. Have to read the Phelps book. Loved the Agassi book. We talked about autobiographies briefly. But I really enjoyed these cricket autobiographies.

1) Coming back to me by Marcus Trescothick

2) No Spin by Shane Warne

3) To the Point by Herschelle Gibbs

4) Sultan by Wasim Akram

5) Imperfect by Sanjay Manjrekar

Would love any other recommendations from you.

Sarthak Dev's avatar

Thanks, Abhishek! Andrea Pirlo and Dennis Bergkamp wrote very good ones. Steve Waugh and Ponting too, although there is a lot more dipping into the Australian team culture.

Satya's avatar

Lovely piece Sarthak! And thanks for the recommendations.

Sarthak Dev's avatar

Thank you so much, Satya!

Aditi Taswala's avatar

Thanks for the book recommendations! I read Bindra's and it was nice.

Sarthak Dev's avatar

It's an amazing book! Like most things written by Rohit Brijnath anyway haha.

Ruben Max's avatar

Great piece, the pressure is huge especially for a 21 year old kid, navigating everyone wanting a piece of him whilst staying true to himself, all whilst growing up, for this angle you may be interested to read this: https://open.substack.com/pub/tennischampions/p/the-apprenticeship-of-carlos-alcaraz?r=pacry&utm_medium=ios

Sarthak Dev's avatar

Thanks, Ruben! I'll check your piece out :)

Binu Sivan's avatar

Such a thought provoking piece. It is challenging my conditioned beliefs about the path to the top for sure. So well written, Sarthak.

Sarthak Dev's avatar

Thank you so much, Binu!